Hi, it's been a while. I've been involved in a few things while I've been gone, and I'm just going to post and test the waters for a Civcraft project I've been throwing around for while and waiting to find a leader and figurehead for so I can back seat the whole thing like I always do.
Brutal honesty aside, I'm looking for people interested in founding and developing a proper "city" with a coherent design philosophy. It comes as an idea to answer the lack of aesthetic unity that other cities, even in Chanada, tend to exemplify. It also comes as a way to do something a bit more interesting within Chanada than another board-themed city.
Are you from /g/, /tech/, /cyber/, /biz/, or lainchan? Like vaporwave, neo-80's aesthetic, and the movies Drive, Blade Runner, and Ghost in the Shell? Do you wanna live in a dystopian technoscape ruled by soulless corporate entities, but can't afford to move to New York City IRL? Do you want to run a mercenary outfit employed by said soulless corporate entities? Do you want to run around the underground of a vast metropolis with electronica blasting in your ears? If so, this might be the project for you.
What I'm looking to build is a crowded skyline of skyscrapers towarding above a dense and near-subterranean cityscape with a minimal amount of exposure to the sky and with as minimal green space as possible. The architecture would be inspired heavily cyberpunk, modernism, Italian futurism, and New York City. The pictures posted should provide some idea of what I'm going for; tall, cluttered, sprawling, lit, and futuristic. Any building in the central circle of the city must be a skyscraper; height limits would lessen towards the perimeter.
The government is still in development, but the general notion would be rule of wealth. Simply put, your input as far as resources and monetary contribution buy you more sway in the "legislative" procedure, and the city would be governed by its wealthiest citizens and most powerful corporate entities as a result. Whether we would issue a currency as a physical manifestation of politic power, or use an already existing one like diamond is up for debate.
Anyways, if you like this idea, please get in touch or post in this thread. I'll hop in game a bit later.
I guess this can be an A.M.A. too, since it's been a while.